Introduction

What is Babble?

Babble is an open-source software component intended for developers who want to
build peer-to-peer (p2p) applications, mobile or other, without having to
implement their own p2p networking layer from scratch. Under the hood, it
enables many computers to behave as one; a technique known as state machine
replication.

Babble is designed to easily plug into applications written in any programming
language. Developers can focus on building the application logic and simply
integrate with Babble to handle the replication aspect. Basically, Babble will
connect to other Babble nodes and guarantee that everyone processes the same
commands in the same order. To do this, it uses p2p networking and a Byzantine
Fault Tolerant (BFT) consensus algorithm.

Babble is:

Asynchronous:

Participants have the freedom to process commands at different times.

Leaderless:

No participant plays a 'special' role.

Byzantine Fault-Tolerant:

Supports one third of faulty nodes, including malicious behavior.

Final:

Babble's output can be used immediately, no need for block confirmations,
etc.